• DOI:10.15406/JTEFT.2017.01.00022
• Corpus ID: 54992059

Design and development of solar power generating apparels

@inproceedings{Assres2017DesignAD,
  title={Design and development of solar power generating apparels},
  author={Jemal Assres and Gebrehiwot Asfaha and Selemawit Melaku},
  year={2017}
}

• Jemal Assres, Gebrehiwot Asfaha, Selemawit Melaku
• Published 12 April 2017
• Engineering

Extensive use of natural and renewable energy sources is needed to minimize the burden of fossil fuels. Burning of high levels of fossil fuels induce climate change, air and environmental pollution.1 Moreover, reason for switching from fossil fuels to renewable sources is their huge consumption and rapid reduction. A variety of renewable energy sources are readily available such as sun, wind, tides, and geothermal activity. An initial cost and maintenance cost of renewable energy is high but has no fluctuation in prices when in use as compared to the prices of electricity and gas. It is because renewable energies are fully dependent on natural energy sources, hence, eliminating the dependence on fossil fuels. In third world countries such as in Ethiopia, approximately 90 percent of electricity originates from polluting sources of energy such as coal. Coal-fired power plants are responsible for pollution that increases asthma attacks and worsens environmental problems such as acid rain, haze, smog, and other air and water pollution.